noun · femininefirst declension
hedera
hedera f (genitive hederae)
Classical[ˈhɛ.dɛ.ra]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛː.de.ra]
Meaning
- feminineivy (Hedera helix)
Cūr hederā cīncta est? Hedera est grātissima Bacchō. Why has she been crowned with ivy? Ivy is most pleasing to Bacchus. (Sacerdos Liberi, elderly priestesses, wore ivy wreaths honoring Pater Liber – also known as Bacchus or the Greek Dionysus – during the ancient Roman festival of Liberalia.)
8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 3.767
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
planta quae arboribus adhaerethedera -ae (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 12
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hedera | hederae ederae |
| genitive | hederae ederae | hederārum ederārum |
| dative | hederae ederae | hederīs ederīs |
| accusative | hederam ederam | hederās ederās |
| ablative | hederā | hederīs ederīs |
| vocative | hedera | hederae ederae |
hĕdĕra (ĕdĕra), ae, f.,
I. ivy, Hedera helix, Linn.; sacred to Bacchus, and hence wound around the thyrsus;
also made into garlands with which poets were crowned, Plin. 16, 34, 62, § 144; Ov. F. 3, 767; id. M. 5, 338; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. E. 7, 25; Verg. ib. 7, 38; 8, 13; id. G. 2, 258; Hor. C. 1, 1, 29; 1, 25, 17; id. Ep. 1, 3, 25; Juv. 7, 29 al. —In plur., Verg. E. 4, 19; id. G. 4, 124 al.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
hedera (ed-) ae, f
HED-, ivy, ivy-vine (sacred to Bacchus, used in garlands): alba, V.: tabernacula protecta hederā, Cs.: doctarum hederae praemia frontium, H.: victrix, H.—Plur, ivyvines : nexiles, O., V.
Origins
Unknown. One hypothesis derives it from Proto-Italic *hedezā, from earlier *xedezā, from *gʰed-es-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to seize, grasp, take”), which is the same source as Latin praeda, *hendō in prehendō, English get, and Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, “to get, grasp”).
Vulgar Latin
- Italianellerafrom unknown *elera
- Italianlellerafrom unknown *elera
- Italianlillerafrom unknown *elera
- Italianlellarafrom unknown *elera
- Occitanelrafrom unknown *elera
- Occitaneurafrom unknown *elera
- Neapolitanènnelafrom unknown *elena
- Lombardirnafrom unknown *elena
- Lombardergnafrom unknown *elena
- Ladinèlenafrom unknown *elena
Ibero-Romance
- Portugueseherafrom Old Galician-Portuguese edra
- Portuguesehedrafrom Old Galician-Portuguese edra
- Portuguesehéderafrom Old Galician-Portuguese edra
- Spanishhiedra
- Spanishyedra
- Aragoneseliedra
- Asturianhiedra
- Asturianyedra
- Mirandeseyedra
- Galicianhedrafrom Old Galician-Portuguese edra
Insular Romance
- Sardinianedora
- Sardinianedola
- Sardinianedera
Occitano-Romance
- Catalanheura
- Catalanedra
- Occitanèdra
- Gasconièira
- Gascongèira
- Gascongèdra
Balkan Romance
- Romanianiederă
- Aromanianeadirã
- Aromanianeadiri
- Aromanianiadiră
- Megleno-Romanianjadiră
Italo-Romance
- Italianedera
- Sicilianèdira
- Sicilianètira
- Malteseliedna
Gallo-Romance
- Frenchlierrefrom Old French ierre
- Franco-Provençalira
- Normanhierrefrom Old French ierre
- Picardierrefrom Old French ierre
North Italian
- Friulianèdare
- Friulianjêre
- Emilianladdra
- Emilianlèdra
- Emilianlèdria
- Piedmonteseedra
- Piedmonteselédra
- Romanshedra
Borrowings
- Esperantohedero